Alfred babdbll and samuel smith



BARDELL & SMITH.

Coal Scutde. No. 62.807. Patnted March 12, 1867.

tnttch tetes stent ALFRED BARDELL AND SAMUEL SMITH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Lam Patent No. 62,807, cated March 12, rsa1.

IMPROVEMENT IN GOAL SGUTTLES.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAYCONCERN:

Be it known that we, Amann BARDELL and SAMUEL SMITH, both of the city, county, andV State of New' York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Coal Scuttles, and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description thereof, reference being `had to the drawings which accompany this specification, and tothe figures and letters marked thereon. Of these drawings- Figure '1 is a vertical central section of a scuttle containing our improvements.

Figure 2 is the same view showing the bottom in a position ready to be sprung-into the recess of the bead on the body. l l

Figure 3 is a detached view of the joint on an enlarged scale; and

Figure 4 is a plan view of the bottom.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

lllhe object of our improvement is to produce a coal 'scuttle that can be quickly as well as cheaply manufactured, while at the same time it shall be more durable than any other of its class. The double-seamed scuttle' has had a Vlarger sale and been more extensively introduced into public use than any other, because of its lightness and durability of parts, but it first commences to wear, when in constant use, at the sides near the botten., such wear being occasioned by the moisture and friction of the coal, as there is but one thickness of sheet 4metal at that point, namely, the body of the scuttle. And the saine is true with respect to all other scuttles heretofore made of this class. Vie so construct our scuttle that it is fully as light as any of the others referred to, while it has three thicknesses of sheet metal instead of one to protect it at the point where the scuttles mentioned begin to wear rst. The sheet-ironvbottom which, in those scuttles, frequently sags or becomes weakened by dents, is, in ours, struck up and corrugated, which adds 4to the stiifness and rigiduess of the whole base as well as increasing the lateral strength of the bottom. Again, our bottom is so constructed that it can be sprung into its place in the body, while it and the base form a support for each other as well as for the body of thc scuttle. And when the bottom is sprung into place, its construction excludes the possibility of wet'ormoisture from the interior of the scuttle reaching the points of contact of the body, base, and bottom, so that rusting of the parts does -not take place. t

To enable others skilled in the art to make our improved scuttle, we will proceed to describe its construction..

A is the body of the scuttle, having made upon the lower portion, within a short distance of theedge that comes in Contact with vthe basevrim, a bead, a, which runs the whole distance round the body. B'is the sheetiron bottom, which is struck up so as to form a rim, Zi.; upon this rim is formed a small continuous iange, as seen at c. When the bottom B is placed in the body A, this iiangc takes into the recess d', (tig. '2 showing the bottom in a position ready to be sprung into its place inthe bead on the body.) The body A, from the bead down, is made a little flaring, or the portion of the bottom (rim b) from which the iiange projects, is at a little' inclination inwards tothe bottom proper, so as to permit of a small space existing be'tweenthe body and bottom, in which is inserted the bottom rim G, ruiming completely up to the iiange c' of the bottom. It is plain that this construction gives three thicknesses of sheet metal at the part where it is most needed, while' the weight of the scuttle is not increased. And itis evident that the wet from the contents of the scuttle willvnot reach the joints by reason of the springing in of the bottom, and the flange upon the edge thereof filling up the bead on the body. 'lhe bottom B is struck up and corrugated in the shape, as shown in the drawing at bb, or in any other convenient shape, which, as before stated, increases the strength and durability -of the ordinary thin sheet-iron bottom. The body bottom and base rim, after the bottom is sprung into the body, and the upper edge of the base rim inserted between them, as before described, can be secured together by means of screws or rivets, as shown at e c c e. Any one of'these parts can' be easily replaced if it should be required from any cause.

Having described our improvements, what we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination of a body and base rim, with a bottom so constructed as 4to have a 'flange which can be sprung into the recess formed upon the body, and thereby bring together three thicknesses of sheet metal just above the bottom of the coal scuttle, substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

2. A struck-up and corrugated shcet-ironbcttom, B, in combination with the body and base rim, substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

LFRED BARDELL.,

SAMUEL SMITH.

Witnesses:

JAMES CocnnnNn, JOHN McINTrnn. 

